The Lincoln Lawyer

There is a certain spectacular feeling about court trials and all those who are involved (at least in the U.S.). Mickey Haller is a litigant lawyer who is extremely smart and skillfull. He has all sorts of clients and accepts any case as long as his client is honest to him. Haller (Matthew Mc Conaughey) does not have an office and administers from his car, a Lincoln model. Haller is some sort of antihero since he does not hesitate to pull certain strings to get what he wants, but he is also generous and loves justice in his own way.
One day a rich young man hires him claiming he has been set up by a prostitute though all the evidence points at him. Haller uses his knowledge, unique skills and even relationships inside the system to demonstrate his client is innocent (something he also believes in), but is not true. His client is only another millionaire who is also a rapist and a killer and who believes he is above the others thanks to his money. When Haller discovers his client is using him and that in fact other people he met in the past is suffering for his action he is enraged and yet he sticks to  his word and manages to get his client go free. Then Haller moves his pieces again and has his former client accused of a past crime of which he had never been accused, one for which he will not walk away free, or alive.
The story is pretty consistent because it is a faithful adaptation of a novel by Michael Connelly, a famous crime writer from the U.S. The pacing keeps you focused most of the time and in general the acting is quite professional and very consistent. Matthew McConaughey as Haller and Marisa Tomei as Maggie McPherson, his ex wife and also a prosecuting attorney, deliver a convincing performance and demonstrate there is enough chemistry between them to pull this one off.
I enjoyed watching The Lincoln Lawyer more than I expected, and anyone will have the same feeling. 


















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